2006

Les Claypool will return with his on-again/off again Primus adventures this fall will their Beat a Dead Horse tour. The tour kicks off November 1st at the Austin Music Hall and run through December 9th in Mesa, AZ.

11/01/06 Wed Austin, TX Austin Music Hall
11/03/06 Fri Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
11/04/06 Sat Dallas, TX Will Rogers Auditorium
11/06/06 Mon Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
11/08/06 Wed Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
11/09/06 Thu New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
11/10/06 Fri Philadelphia, PA Tower Theater
11/12/06 Sun Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
11/14/06 Tue Detroit, MI State Theatre
11/15/06 Wed Toronto, ON Kool Haus
11/17/06 Fri Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
11/18/06 Sat Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
11/19/06 Sun Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre
11/21/06 Tue Denver, CO The Fillmore Auditorium
11/28/06 Tue Eugene, OR Hult Center
11/29/06 Wed Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre
11/30/06 Thu Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
12/02/06 Sat Berkeley, CA Berkeley Community Theatre
12/03/06 Sun Sacramento, CA Memorial Auditorium
12/05/06 Tue San Jose, CA San Jose Civic Auditorium
12/06/06 Wed Los Angeles, CA The Hollywood Palladium
12/08/06 Fri San Diego, CA Rimac Arena
12/09/06 Sat Phoenix, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre

Cat Power and the Memphis Rhythm Band along with Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins have been added to the Vegoose lineup. In other Vegoose news, The Meters will perform with Widespread Panic on Monday, October 30th at the MGM Grand Garden.

For a full list of Vegoose performing artists, please visit the festival’s website.

A Tribe Called Quest has reunited for its first tour in more than five years, headlining the first leg of 2K Sports’ second annual Bounce Tour.

The rap tour, which promotes the company’s 2K series of sports-themed video games, got underway last week in Detroit, with the outing’s next appearance set for Friday (9/8) in Las Vegas. The 15-city first leg will run through an Oct. 1 show in Sayreville, NJ.

Death Cab for Cutie has unveiled details of their upcoming fall tour. Having spent much of the past two years on the road, the band is set to perform their third and final North American tour in support of their Grammy nominated album, “Plans.”

The Seattle-based quartet will launch their six-week tour just outside Philadelphia at the Tower Theater on October 26th. The tour will then traverse the United States and Canada through December 9th, with Death Cab set to play their biggest-ever hometown show at Seattle’s Key Arena. As ever, the tour will see Death Cab supported by some of today’s best and brightest indie artists, with special guests including Ted Leo + Pharmacists, OK Go, and Jenny Lewis. Pre-sale tickets will be available starting Thursday, September 7 through the band’s website www.deathcabforcutie.com

TOUR DATES:
10/26 UPPER DARBY, PA – TOWER THEATRE
10/27 ROCHESTER, NY – AUDITORIUM THEATRE
10/28 OTTAWA, ONT – OTTAWA CIVIC CENTRE THEATRE
10/30 TORONTO, ONT – MASSEY HALL
11/01 MONTREAL, QC – METROPOLIS
11/02 BOSTON, MA – THE OPERA HOUSE
11/04 PROVIDENCE, RI – PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
11/06 WASHINGTON, DC – CONSTITUTION HALL
11/08 NEW YORK, NY – THEATRE AT THE GARDEN
11/10 NORFOLK, VA – NORVA
11/11 BELLE VERNON, PA – ICE GARDEN ARENA
11/13 COLUMBUS, OH – PROMOWEST PAVILION
11/14 INDIANAPOLIS, IN – MURAT THEATRE
11/15 LOUISVILLE, KY – LOUISVILLE PALACE THEATRE
11/16 BIRMINGHAM, AL – ALABAMA THEATRE
11/17 ATLANTA, GA – FOX THEATRE
11/18 CLEMSON, SC – LITTLEJOHN COLISEUM
11/19 ORLANDO, FL – UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
11/20 CORAL GABLES, FL – UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
11/26 MILWAUKEE, WI – EAGLES BALLROOM
11/27 ST. LOUIS, MO – THE PAGEANT
11/28 MEMPHIS, TN – ORPHEUM THEATRE
11/29 NEW ORLEANS, LA – REPUBLIC
11/30 HOUSTON, TX – HOBBY CENTER – SAROFIM HALL
12/02 MESA, AZ – MESA AMPHITHEATRE
12/03 LAS VEGAS, NV – HARD ROCK HOTEL – THE JOINT
12/05 IRVINE, CA – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – IRVINE
12/06 SANTA BARBARA, CA – ARLINGTON THEATRE
12/09 SEATTLE, WA – KEY ARENA

(With TED LEO & PHARMACISTS 10/26-11/20)
(With OK GO 11/26-11/30)
(With JENNY LEWIS 12/02-12/09)

Barely a week after longtime keyboard player Ed Harsch left the band for “personal reasons,” today Black Crowes fans were notified via a posting on the band’s official message board that another longtime member, guitarist Marc Ford, would also be leaving.

To the fans:

Yesterday, The Black Crowes were notified by Marc Ford